Oiler.



No. 837,024. PATENTED NOV. 27, 1906. H. B. ANDERSON & A. WINTON.

OILER.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 6. 190a.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HAROLD B. ANDERSON AND ALEXANDER WINTON. OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNORS TO THE WINTON MOTOR CARRIAGE COMPANY,

OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

OILER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 27, 1906.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HAROLD B. ANDER- SON and ALEXANDER WINTON, citizens of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oilers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in oilers, and pertains to an oiler which is particularly adapted for use in connection with automobiles, and has for its object a construction which will permit the oil-passage from the oiler to be open wide at the will of the operator for the purpose of suddenly feeding oil to any part of the machine and without disturbing the permanent adjustment of the oil-opening when it returns to its adjusted position, and, further, to provide an improved constructi on for a multiple oiler whereby as many separate oil-passages may be included in the complete oiler as desired and without any modification or change of the separate oilers.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of an oiler which embodies the aforesaid improvements, a portion of which is shown in vertical section. Fig. 2 is an end view of the oiler, shown partly in section. Fig. 3 is a detached perspective view of the needle-valve and its cooperatin parts, whereby it can be adjusted or lifted from its adjusted position without disturbing its permanent adjustment.

In carrying out the present improvement each oiler which forms part of the multiple oiler consists of a body portion 1, which has at one end a longitudinal bore 2, in which is placed a combined reciprocating and adjustable needle-valve 3. This needle-valve passes through a screw-cap 4, in the outer end of which is a suitable stuffing-box 5 for the purpose of making a tight oint around the needle-valve. Passing transverse the body portion 1 and intermediate its ends (preferably about midway) is a transverse bore or passage-way 6. One end of this passage-way 6 terminates in an extended externally-screw-threaded projection or nipple 7, while its opposite end terminates in an internally-screw-threaded portion 8.- 1

Located within the bore or opening 2 is a spiral spring 9, which surrounds the stem of the needle-valve 3. The upper end of this spring abuts against the screw-cap 4 and its lower end against a collar or stop 10, attached to the needle-valve. This spring serves to hold the needle-valve normally downward to its permanently-adjusted adjustment or to what might be perha s accurately termed its predetermined a justment, according to the amount of oil it is desired should pass through the passage-way 11, which is controlled by the needlevalve. This passageway 11 is formed in a transverse web 12, and this transverse web 12 is located below or beyond the transverse bore or passage-way 6, hereinbefore mentioned.

The lower portion of the body 1 is provided with a longitudinal bore 14, in which is placed a bushing 15. This bushing 15 serves to hold in place between its upper end and the inner end wall of the bore 14. a concaved diaphragm or web 16. This web or concave 16 contains an oil-outlet passage 17. As shown, the bushing 15 is provided with an internal bore or chamber 18, which terminates at its lower or outlet end in an oil-outlet passage 19 and projects and is provided with a screw-threaded portion 20 to receive an oil-passageway pipe 21, which will extend to the bearing it is desired to lubricate.

Each one of the oilers is provided with the screw-threaded extensions 7 and S, as before explained, whereby they can be connected, as shown in Fig. 1. When so arranged, the transverse passages 6 are in communication and constitute an oil-supply passage extending throughout the multiple oiler. The oiler at the left of Fig. 1, for instance, may be the inlet end of the multiple oiler and will receive the inlet-pipe 22 from a source of oil-supply, which is preferably a forced supply. This pipe 22 may be held in place by a suitable screw-threaded cap 28, and the oiler 24 at the o posite end of the multiple oiler will have t e opening in its member 8 closed by suitable plugs 25.

A multiple oiler constructed as above described is made up of a plurality of individual oilers connected, whereby as many controlled oil-passages. may be provided in a multiple oiler as desired and without any modification of the individual oilers, which will be of value in that it adapts the oiler for use in connection with machines having va- ICC rious numbers of parts to be oiled and can be readily composed of few or many controlled oil passage-ways.

As previously explained, the controlling needle-valves of this improved oiler are held in their predetermined adjustments in relation to the passages which they control through the medium of aspring 9. The manner of adjusting the valves at their predetermined or permanent adjustments will now be described.

The extended portion of the needle-valve is provided with an externally-screw-threaded part 26, which receives an internallyscrew-threaded nut 27. This adjusting-nut abuts against the stuffing-box member 5, which is, in effect, the upper or outer end of the body portion 1, and thus controls the distance the needle-valve will be forced inward under the tension of the spring 9 and will control its relative position to the oil passageway 11. The upper end of the needle-valve is provided with a head 28, by means of which it may be turned within the nut 27, and thus effect the adjustment of the needlevalve in respect to the oil passage-way 11. A member .29 is attached to the body and passes through a recess in the nut 27, and

thus prevents the nut from turning when the needle-valve is turned. This member 29 has its upper end provided with a shoulder 31, extending over thehead 28 of the needlevalve, and thus serves to control the distance which the needle-valve may be lifted from the passage-way 11.

By means of the construction just described the needle-valve may be lifted to the position shown in the second oiler a, thus permitting a rapid flow'of oil through the oil passage-way 11 for the period of time it is ifted. When it is released, it will assume its predetermined adjustment, so that it can be lifted for. the purpose of flushing any one or more of the bearings and without affecting its predetermined adjustment. This mode of operation is of value and desirable, because the viscosity of the lubricating-oil varies according to its temperature. When coldas, for instance, when first starting the mechanism of an automobilethe oil is too thick to flow through a passage-way which is of the proper size for the passage of the correct amount of oil'after it becomes heated, and in order to prevent running with a dry bearing, which will effect a permanent injury and oftentimes in an automobile a series injury, the needlevalves of the oilers may be lifted to permit the flow of oil to the bearings the moment the engine is started and pressure is It will also be useful in cleaning out a clogged oil passage-way, as will be readily appreciated, by permitting an unimpeded or uninterrupted comparatively large oil-feed passage-way thereto.

v While the oiler is more particularly in tended to be used in connection with a forced feed, it will also be useful in connection with a gravity-feed by permitting a flushing of any one or all of the bearings at the will of the operator. The oiler is designed to be set by the manufacturer at the proper oint for feeding the correct amount of oil to t e several bearings, and having provision for the flushing of the bearings without disturbing the adjustment the oiler will require no adjust ment by the user unless a different kind of oil is used. For the purpose of enabling the user to adjust the several oil-feeds conveniently and intelligently and to assist the manufacturer in making such adjustment the usual sight-feed opening 32 is provided.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A multiple oiler consisting of a plurality of body portions each having intermediate,

transversely-arranged communicating oilfeed passage-ways, means for connecting the said body portions, each body portion having a longitudinally-arranged needle-valve, and also having an oil-outlet controlled by the needlevalve, whereby a multiple oiler is adapted to be composed of any desired nume ber of individual oilers.

2. A multiple oiler consisting of a plurality of body portions each having an intermediately-arranged transverse oil-supply passageway and a laterally-arranged oil-outlet pas: sage-way in communication with the said supply passage-way, a needle-valve extending longitudinally the body portions and adapted to control the said outlet passageway, and means for connecting the said body portion with the oil-supply passage-ways in communlcatlon.

3. A multipleoiler consisting of a plurality of body ortions having each a transverselyarrangecFoil-supply passage-way surrounded at its opposite ends with screw-threaded portions, the screw-threaded portion of one body portion adapted to mesh with theadjacent screw-threaded portion of the other body portion for connecting them with the oil-supply passage-way in communication,

each body portion provided with an oil-outtion provided with an oil-outlet passage-way IIO arranged laterally in respect to the said supply passage-way, and a needle-valve for each body portion and controlling the said outlet passa e-way.

5. improved oiler, comprising a body portion having oil inlet and outlet passageways, a needle-valve adapted to be rotated and reciprocated, the needle-valve having a projecting screw-threaded portion, a nut surroundingthe screw-threaded portion to limit the inward movement of the valve, asprin holding the valve normally inward, the sai nut having a passage-way extending in a direction longitudinally the needle-valve, a

member in the said passage-Way to prevent the rotation of the nut when the valve is rotated for the adjustment thereof, said member adapted also to engage the needle-valve and control the distance of its reciprocating movement.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

HAROLD B. ANDERSON. ALEXANDER WINTON.

Witnesses:

O. F. BAUGHMAN, H. L. ORR. 

